Arcane essence
Equip in your Ammo slot to fuel magic casts. Each cast requires enough of the equipped essence. Also consumed by Summoning upkeep and Divination jewellery enchantments.
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At a glance

- Item ID
- 542
- Weight (g)
- 10
- Stack limit
- 9,999
- Base sell price (coins)
- 0
- Equipment slot
- Ammo
- Requirements
- No skill or quest requirement in the item catalog.
- Quality
- Fixed quality
- Rarity tier (catalog)
- 0
- Retired
- No
Prices and trading
The base sell price is the catalog value used for selling. It is not a player market estimate. Shop purchase prices, stock and special currencies are listed separately when a source exists.
Equipped spell fuel
Equip this stack in Ammo before casting. Only the equipped essence type is consumed; there is no automatic fallback or mixing. Arrows and essence share the Ammo slot. Concentrated fuel adds 5% direct spell damage; healing, wards and later Burn ticks are unchanged. Each spell pays its normal costs, including staff discount and free-hand surcharge. Spells can be repeated while action points and enough equipped essence remain.
How to make or recover
Each row is one operation. Full costs and requirements apply before starting. Recipe pages describe quality, burn chance, recovery rolls and field alternatives where relevant.
| Recipe | Skill | Level | Base XP | Station | Output / chance | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activate essence | Divination | 1 | 10 | Arcane source | 10 | 1 × Raw arcane crystal |
Used in recipes
Amounts are the unmodified catalog costs per operation. Valid active talents or equipment can modify paid costs only where the game explicitly allows it.
Linked from
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Sources & notes
This article reflects source definitions in the current prototype. A listed value is not a claim of live release verification. Read the source policy.
GameData/Catalog/game.jsonSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGAmmo.cppSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGArtificeRecipes.cppSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGIconLibrary.cppSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGIconLibrary.hSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGItemIconWidget.hSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGSpellFuel.cppSource/FantasyBenchmark/RPGSpellFuel.h